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134 sats \ 2 replies \ @guerratotal 14h \ on: I Fumbled My Brief Orange Pilling Chance bitcoin
You could answer something simple and quick:
It's another way to send money, but the big difference is that with Bitcoin you don't need a bank or a company in the middle. It works like internet money: no one controls it, no one can censor it, and it works 24/7 for anyone in the world. It's as if you were your own bank.
If you want, you can have a quick second line in case the person shows more interest:
It's scarce money like gold or silver, but digital. No one can print more or freeze it for you. That's why many see it as a way to save for the long term.
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 14h
answer something simple and quick
Yeah, this. But I think your answer is still too many confusing things at once.
For example, this is what I think would go through somebody with negative knowledge about bitcoin or bitcoin-adjacent things:
you don't need a bank or a company in the middle
What's good about that?
no one controls it, no one can censor it
So it's money for criminals?
it works 24/7 for anyone
I can also send transactions 24/7 online with my bank account
It's as if you were your own bank.
I don't want to be my own bank. That sounds hard.
I think I would simply answer this to "so, is it like Venmo or PayPal?"
Yes, but there are no Terms of Service
Nobody likes Terms of Service.
And I think "Yes, but ..." works better because it makes them feel like they already kind of got it.
And to be honest, most people's experience with Bitcoin should be like Venmo or PayPal anyway, because it "just works." They never had to worry about anything else.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @guerratotal 13h
Thinking about it like that, you're right... I think in the end it happened to me like it did to Siggy, from another perspective sometimes it's better not to open a thread of complex concepts, but rather connect from the familiar and sow a seed of curiosity.
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